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Etymology

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From vote +‎ -ist.

Noun

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votist (plural votists)

  1. (obsolete) One who makes a vow.
    • 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois:
      a poore woman , votiſt of reuenge

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for votist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)